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THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Fair today and tomorrow. VOL. X. NO. 266. 0. S. TROOPS FIIEDUPOI BTJRMED MEXICANS Soldiiers on Guard at Border Mark for Whizzing Bullets From Across Line. SHOTS OF UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS RETURNED Believed To Be Deliberate Rebel Scheme to Force Intervention of American Authorities. EL PASO. TEXAS. Aug. 3.—Half a hundred or more shots were exchanged between armed men in Mexico and United States and soldiers on border guard duty early today. The firing was opened from the Mex ican side and is declared by American army officers to be a deliberate attempt to embroil the United States in the Mexican revolution. The shooting occurred in the dark, and, according to the report from the United States troops, no one on this side of the border was hit by the bul lets Whether the return fire of the soldiers hit any of the attacking party is not known. Refugees Leave Mexico in Fear. Trouble on the Mexican border has been feared for several days. A week ago the rebel forces in northern Mexi co began a campaign of pillage of for eigners’ property, and disarming of for eigners. with the avowed purpose of forcing American intervention, which General Oroeco, rebel leader, considered would aid the rebel cause. More than 2.000 American citizens, mostly women and children, have flocked across the border at El Paso, fearing for their lives if they remained in Mexilco. Most of them were from the Mormon colo nies at Madera and the nearby country in Chihuahua. Most of the men re mained to protect their property as best they could. A few days ago two Amer icans were found hanged to a tree. Their murder was attributed to the reb els and assigned as a further attempt to cause the United States to intervene in Mexico. ANY POMOLOGISTS IN THE HOUSE? HERE IS A GOOD JOB FOR ONE Uncle Sam wants a po. tologist and Is willing to pay from SI,BOO to $2,500 per year for a good one. This an nouncement came in the form of the usual orders for civil service examina tions. The clerks in the local office thought an expedition to Okefenokee swamp would be necessary, as some one looked up the word in Webster’s and found that in simple English a "pomologist” is merely a culturer of fruit, and that the word came from the old Latin wosd “pomum,” .meaning an apple. Then they announced that they would hold the examination on August 24. On August 21 and 22 an examination will be given applicants for the posi tion of physical geologist, which pays $1,500 per year. EASTMAN GIVES BIG ’CUE FOR FARMERS OF DODGE EASTMAN. Aug. 3.—The barbecue given to the Dodge county farmers and their families by the Eastman Commercial club was a big success. There were between 4,000 and 5,000 persons in the city. E. H. Hyman, secretary of the Macon Chamber of Commerce, delivered an address upon the advantages derived from a county fair, and urged the citi zens of the county to have one if pos sible. The 'cue was served at Jes sup’s warehouse. Joe Hill Hall, can didate for governor, spoke to about 1.000 at the city park. Eastman and Baxley teams played ball, Eastman winning 4 to 0. Music was furnished by the Eastman band. 9 STITCHES IN HEART TO SAVE DYING MAN'S LIFE PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.—As the result of a delicate operation, when nine stitches were taken to close a stab wound in his heart, John Thomp son, 59 years old, may live. The operation was performed by Dr. Joseph Mitchel at the Pennsylvania hospital. Thompson received his in jury during a quarrel with "British” Shaw, 33 ye'.rs old. Shaw is alleged to have drawn a large knife and plunged It into the breast of Thomp —penetrating the heart. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results I Witness for Brother I Accused of Slaying Is Killed; Feud Feared Mississippian Mysteriously Assas- sinated and Bloodhounds Hunt For Man Who Fired Shot. EUPORA. MISS.. Aug. 3. —Governor Brewer may call out the state national guard of Mississippi to quell what is belieyed to be the beginning of a se rious feud between the Permenter and Sharp families. The climax occurred I late last night when William Permenter I was shot and killed by an unidentified I assassin while sitting on the front ' porch of his home. The dead man is a I brother of Swinton Permenter, who is charged with the murder of Janie Sharp on July 22. 1910. William Permenter was to have gone to Winona. Miss., Monday as chief witness for his brother, who was grant ed a new trial after being sentenced to hang. Bloodhounds have been sent for and placed on the trail of the mur i derer. Trouble is feared between the i families and Governor Brewer has been ; appealed to by the county officers. FALL DOWNSTAIRS OF OPERA HOUSE CAUSES DEATH AT BRUNSWICK BRUNSWICK. GA.. Aug. 3.—G. W i Wright, one of Glynn county’s leading citizens, is dead as the result of a fall down the stairs of Grand Opera house. He attended the Parker-Walker debate last night, and while descending the steps from the balcony to the lower floor, he slipped and fell to the bottom, striking his head against a post. He was immediately rushed to the city hospital and upon examination physi cians found the injury sustained was serious, though not thought fatal. Death occurred a short time after his arrival at the hospital and was caused by concussion of the brain. > Mr. Wright had been a resident of Glynn county practically all his life and lived at his country home, "Dover Hall,” a short distance from the city. He is survived by t\jo brothers. James S. Wright, of this city, and Charlton Wright, of Sterling, and four sisters. Mrs. P. W. Fleming and Mrs. J. M. Burnett, of this city: Mrs. Stillwell, of Savannah, and Miss Daisy Wright, of Sterling. Thef uneral will be held in this city tomorrow morning. YOUNG AUSTRALIAN AVIATOR KILLED IN PLUNGE AT LONDON LONDON, Aug. 3. —Lindsay Camp bell, a young birdman. was killed early this morning while flying near Byfleet village. Campbell apparently had his aero plank- under perfect control and was fly ing smoothly when his motor went wrong. He was several hundred feet in the air and started to volplane to the earth when a gust of wind over turned. his craft and he crashed to the ground. i He was dead when the thousands who witnessed tne accident reached him. Campbell was an Australian, 35 years old, and came to England to learn flying in order to return to Australia as an instructor in aviation. ATLANTA SALESMAN KILLED IN RAILWAY WRECK IN COLORADO News has just been received by rela tives in Atlanta that C. C. Harris, a traveling salesman for the Coca-Cola Company, was killed in a wreck on the Rock Island at Pueblo, Colo., last Tues day. The wreck was caused by the un dermining of the track by rains, and while six persons are thought to have been killed, only the body of Mr. Harris has been recovered. Mr. Harris is survived by his mother. Mrs. L. N. Harris, and a sister. Mrs. H. Clay Moore, of East Lake, and four brothers, Robert H. Harris and Lucius Harris, of Bloomington, Ind.; Henry Harris, of Louisville, and Neal Harris, of Oklahoma. The body will arrive in Atlanta Wed nesday. MACON & BIRMINGHAM RY. INSTALLS PHONE SYSTEM LA GRANGE, GA., Aug. 3.—Official notice has been promulgated by the Macon and Birmingham officials to the effect that a telephone system has been installed along its lines from Macon to Thomaston, and that the system will be ready for operation between Thom aston and LaGrange by December 1. With neither telegraph nor telephone service, the Macon and Birmingham road has been operating under diffi culties. Another improvement contemplated i by this line is a double daily passenger I train service between LaGrange and ! Macon. A gas-electric car is proposed for the additional service. MAGAZINE EDITOR WILL OCCUPY ATLANTA PULPIT Rev. Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, the edi tor of the Westminster Magazine, will occupy the pulpit of the Central Con gregational church tomorrow morning. ; Special music has been prepared for i the service.. During Dr. G. L. Hans . com's absence for the month of August there will be no evening service. Belles of Tomorrow Not Worried by Freak Danceßan TURKEY TROTTING IS BARRED Wk \ i \\ \\ t \\ // / y w\\ \\ v\» • 1 o \ // ,y VI- // / v?- - MR' I f ■ L.f T [Lil W l?f F'O I \\\\ \ U Iw wilt fe w ‘ dh W ¥ \\ \\ \VtAv * Will r: W "W w W\\ \ I) r ] I ' Zfer/ Charlotte Meador on right and Marian Stearns, two of the Atlanta younger “society set’’ at Wrightsville Beach. Young Folk Give Not a Thought to Edict That Riles Some Few at Beach Resort. The unrelenting Tidewater Power Company of Wilmington, N. C., soulless corporation that it Is, refuses to lift the ban on turkey trotting and bear hug dances on the pretty public dance floor at Wrightsville Beach —but who cares? And if they did care, who'd say it? For Atlanta society folk set the standards at the gay little summer re sort, and they have turned shapely but cold shoulders on all terpsichorean stunts of the animal variety. Mrs, J. Frank Meador, whose beauty is famous in a city famous for its beautiful women, is almost a nightly visitor to the brilliantly lighted pavilion and she never, never dances any but the most sedate steps. So that it would hardly do for any one who pretends to be anybody at all to do otherwise. True, occasionally some rash young man and some convention disdaining lady fair swing into the lazy motions of the turkey or the bear, but that’s probably due to the effect of sea air and moonlit waters on young blood and no real defiance of Atlanta society’s edict. At any rate, the defiance wouldn't do a bit of good, for what's a turkey ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1912. trot without music, and it’s just too embarrassing for anything to have the orchestra suddenly quit its blare and have the leader point his bow right at you and your charming partner and have a thousand necks erttning for a 100k —it’s too dreadful to describe, but that’s exactly what will happen if you try it. As for the little belles and beaux at the beach, they do al! the turkey trot ting they want in the water, where no soulless corporation reigns and with out a thought of society. Scores of gay youngsters can be seen in the surf every day. There are, for instance, pretty Charlotte Meador, who queens it over the younger—very much younger —set, and attractive Marion Stearns, who perhaps is beginning to think al ready of the days when she will be “finished” and in the social whirl. Mischievous Alice Stearns and thoughtful Mary Alice Cooledge and others whose names are familiar in Atlanta make up a merry, rollicking crowd usually accompanied by mothers who enter as heartily as they do into the spirit of the surf. POSTOFFICE TO BE FIREPROOF. LA GRANGE. GA.. Aug. 3.—This city’s new postoffice is to be fireproof ed, the contract having been let to the Pearson Construction Company for $2,- 700. Some time ago the Chamber of Commerce asked the treasury depart ment to look into this. It is expected that the building will now be finished by Januai-v 1 HEIRESS BREAKS LAW TO BECOME A BRIDE CHEYENNE, WYO., Aug. 3. —Officers are seeking Robert A. Walsh, Sheridan banker, and his bride, who was Mrs. Charlotte Eilsbee Drexel Smith, daugh ter of Joseph L. Silsbee, of Chicago, a millionaire, who obtained a license to wed here. Mrs. Smith was divorced on July 19 last. Under the Wyoming laws, it is a criminal offense for a divorcee to rewed within a year, and every wit ness signing the license is held equally guilty. It is charged that the bridal party swore there had been no di vorce within a year. CHINESE NOTE 500 YEARS OLD AT SUB-TREASURY PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.—lnclosed in a glass case, a Chinese banknote, is. sued more than 500 years ago, attracted considerable attention at the United States sub-treasury. The note was presented to Assistant United States Treasurer Howard Gibson by George H. Blake, a numismatist, of Atlantic High lands, N J. The certificate is printed in India ink upon paper manufactured from the bark of the mulberry tree, and, despite its age, the Chinese hieroglyphics upon it are readable. The note was sent to Mr. Gibson by Mr. Blake several days ago. MRS. GMCE ILL FflOM WlfflFffl MISi; SffS IffiHEß Grace in Vicious Attack on Georgia Justice and His Wife’s Lawyers De clares It Will Be a “Cinch” Now For Him to Secure a Divorce. Broken beneath the strain of her trial and the physical reaction which followed her acquittal, Mrs. Daisy E. Grace arose at her tem porary home on Ashby street this morning in such ill health that for a time she Seemed bordering upon collapse. At the same time her aged mother, Mrs. Martha Tlrich, almost constantly is engaged with her pastor, Rev. G. Nussinan, in private prayer meetings of thanks for her (laughter’s deliverance from a threatened prison. “While I am grateful to the judge and jury and the lawyers who helped Daisy gain her freedom,’’ said Mrs. Ulrich, “I believe*that the constant prayers to God which Dr. Nussmann and I offered daily from the outset of the trial were directly answered in the verdict of ac quittal. We had prayer meetings for Daisy at the house here every morning before court would open and often at night when things looked dark. “When my daughter was ac quitted and they told me here over the telephone, I nearly gave way to joy and thanksgiving, and over the same telephone, with my spir itual advisor at the other end of the wire, 1 offered a prayer of grat itude. God is going to answer all my other prayers now and Daisy will be protected by Him in hap piness all the rest of her life.’’ Prayed Grace Be Forgiven for Bitterness. Mrs. Ulrich declared that she had prayed also that Eugene Grace, in Newnan, be forgiven for his declaration that her acquittal yesterday was a “rot ten miscarriage of justice,” and for his angry threat to get a divorce from Mrs. Grace as soon as the law will permit. In spite of Grace’s declaration that he will sue her for divorce as soon as he shall have lived in Georgia a year, Mrs. Grace has made no plans to con test the expected proceedings or to in stitute a divorce herself. Her lawyers said today that she will make no such attempt for many months at least. She received word from Philadelphia this morning that her little blind son, who was stricken with illness there yesterday, is slightly improved, but she said that if her health permits her, slie will go with her mother to the Keystone city tomorrow' to remain in definitely. All last night she tossed upon her bed at Ashby street, unable to sleep. Her physician said that her nerves were upon the point of giving away and she could not keep the nightmare of the trial and of her husband’s angry charges from her mind. Mother and Daughter To Live Quietly in North. Her mother stayed by her constantly and the medicine her nurses gave her liberally finally brought sleep, though she could hardly rise late today. Before she goes to Philadelphia to lease her house there and recoup in some sort her fundsJ which have been greatly drained by the trial and the events leading up to it, Mrs. Grace is going to visit her lawyers’ offices to settle up the injunction case that still exists against her in connection with the winding up of the Grace-Lawrence Company. Her lawyers said that a friendly adjustment of this affair had been agreed upon and that if she is able to leave her home to settle that matter today she will go to Philadel phia tomorrow unfettered by legal trouble for the first time since she was arrested, charged with shooting her husband in the Eleventh street house last March. The mother and daughter will reside quietly. No plans for Mrs. Grace’s re turn to Atlanta have been made, but she will not be seen here again for months, at least. Goes Back to Bedside Os Her Blind Son. And now, her ordeal over, Daisy Opie Grace goes back to the city from whence she came, to the bedside of the little blind son who has known nothing of his mother’s plight, who has been spared the pitiless curiosity of the mob, who will some day give thanks that his affliction kept him away from the scene of his mother’s anguish. For five months, less three days, Daisy Grace has been the center of as brilliant a spotlight as ever cast its glare upon an idol of the stage. Since that hour on the afternoon of March 5 when she stepped from the Newnan train into the arms of waiting police men she has had hardly a moment of privacy. From train to hospital, from hospital to police station, from hotel to EXTRA 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE O * E NO justice court, she had a pack of curious at her heels. Her first hearing in the justice court brought such a mob of men and women to the little room that the lawyers abandoned the proceedings until an other hour. She planned a secret trip to Philadelphia with her lawyer, but all their secrecy could not throw the re porters off her trail, and they traveled with her in the same car, kept guard over her in her hotels, stayed by her side at every move in the Quaker City and were with her when she returned to be met at the station by a greater crowd than has ever greeted a president upon his visit to this city. Finally Gains Rest And Solitude. Her room in the Kimball was watched night and day; not a visitor came or went without interrogation. Only when public interest was slowly ebbing away was she permitted to hide herself in a private West End home and gain rest in solitude. Mrs. Grace was keeping her secret through all her ordeal, according to the promise she says she made her hus band on that fateful day. But from the offices of her counsel there came forth, day after day, a mass of accusation against Eugene Grace, stories of his college days, his wild dissipation, his evil associates. There camo forth let ters to prove that ho had married the widow of Webster Opie before the first blades of grass had sprung up on Ople’s grave. Later there came the story that she had not married him at all; that Eugene Grace had deceived her by a false ceremony in New York, and that it was not until the following May that a real ceremony in New Or leans made them legally man and wife. The family of Eugene Grace was not spared in this arraignment of the hus band. Every fact or theory which would serve to turn the tide of senti ment in favor of the wife was given to the world. And it had its effect. Kept “Death Watch’’ On Grace, But He Lives. Most of this time the wounded man was lying in St. Josephs, with physi cians at his bedside, reporters waiting in the corridors. The surgeons had given Grace but three days of life; there were announcements every now and then that the end was approach ing; that he could hardly live an hour. Then he was removed to his mother’s home at New nan, and the reporters fol lowed. They were keeping the "death watch” on Eugene Grace. And still Eugene Grace lives. He lived to face hts w ife in the court room, as he swore he would. But he failed to make her waver under the hypnotism of his eyes, and could only exclaim bitterly at the end: "It’s all a damned lie.” The public’s curiosity lagged at last, for the wife had gone into seclusion and the reporters, tired of waiting for the end, had abandoned their watch at the bedside of the husband. New names, new faces, covered the front pages of the newspapers. There were weeks when the Grace case was not given a mention. Then the date of the trial was fixed for July 29, and the announcement gave the sensational case new life. And Now The Public Gets Long-Desired Rest. The story of the trial is too fresh in the minds of Atlantans to be re counted here. The throngs of men and women clawing and struggling for a courtroom seat, the pale woman sitting at her counsel’s table and studying tha faces of the witnesses; the paralytic husband smiling cynically from his white-draped couch beside his counsel, the array of evidence and the impas sioned arguments; the charge of the jury and the verdict which closed ths